The skeleton of a man from Roman England was recently unearthed in the UK with a nail embedded in one his heel bones. The remains were found in a cemetery which held the graves of 48 people and dated to the third or fourth century AD. The victim was approximately 25-35 years old at the time of his death, and his skeleton displayed evidence of poor dental health and arthritis. He also had thinning leg bones, which archaeologists believe indicate he had been chained to a wall for a considerable period of time before he was executed. While Roman crucifixion is widely known from ancient writings, this is one of only a few archaeological discoveries that provide evidence of this type of punishment. The most famous find was unearthed in Jerusalem in 1968 when a first-century ossuary (bone box) containing the skeleton of a crucified victim were found in a tomb. The victim, named Jehohanen, also had a nail embedded in his heel bone, indicated he had been crucified. That artifact was named the number one discovery in biblical archaeology related to the New Testament (see links below).
OFF-SITE LINKS:
- https://www.livescience.com/crucified-roman-era-man-found-uk
- https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-stunned-rare-evidence-crucifixion-fenstanton-uk-1657725
DIGGING FOR TRUTH - TOP TEN DISCOVERIES RELATED TO THE NEW TESTAMENT:
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